Just a few random TV related events that happened on January 7. Discuss or comment as you please……
1912: Cartoonist Charles Addams (The Addams Family) is born in Westfield, New Jersey.
1927: Philo Farnsworth submits an application for his first patent, covering a complete electronic television system, including an "image dissector tube."
1950: Actress Erin Gray (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1955: Alabama gains its first educational TV station as WTIQ (now WCIQ) signs on to channel 7 from a transmitter located atop Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in the state. It is just the 9th education station to begin operating in the U.S.
1956: KHAD-TV (channel 8, now KGNS) begins broadcasting in Laredo, Texas.
1956: Actor David Caruso (NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami) is born in Forest Hills, New York.
1957: TV host Katie Couric (Today, CBS Evening News) is born in Arlington, Virginia.
1961: The Avengers premieres in the U.K. on ITV.
1974: The short-lived NBC game show Jackpot! debuts. The show would later be revived twice: a 1985-88 edition taped in Canada and broadcast in the U.S. on the USA Network, and a single-season syndicated version in 1989-90.
1977: Actor/comedian Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell) is born in San Jose, California.
1980: In the Wheeling-Steubenville market, WTRF (channel 7, formerly NBC) swaps network affiliations with WTOV-TV (channel 9, formerly CBS).
1982: Fame, adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, premieres on NBC
1991: Talk Soup debuts on E!
1992: Puppeteer Richard Hunt (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street) dies of AIDS in Closter, New Jersey, aged 40. His Muppet characters included Scooter, Janice, Beaker, Statler, and Sweetums.
2004: The Apprentice debuts on NBC.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
1912: Cartoonist Charles Addams (The Addams Family) is born in Westfield, New Jersey.
1927: Philo Farnsworth submits an application for his first patent, covering a complete electronic television system, including an "image dissector tube."
1950: Actress Erin Gray (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1955: Alabama gains its first educational TV station as WTIQ (now WCIQ) signs on to channel 7 from a transmitter located atop Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in the state. It is just the 9th education station to begin operating in the U.S.
1956: KHAD-TV (channel 8, now KGNS) begins broadcasting in Laredo, Texas.
1956: Actor David Caruso (NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami) is born in Forest Hills, New York.
1957: TV host Katie Couric (Today, CBS Evening News) is born in Arlington, Virginia.
1961: The Avengers premieres in the U.K. on ITV.
1974: The short-lived NBC game show Jackpot! debuts. The show would later be revived twice: a 1985-88 edition taped in Canada and broadcast in the U.S. on the USA Network, and a single-season syndicated version in 1989-90.
1977: Actor/comedian Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell) is born in San Jose, California.
1980: In the Wheeling-Steubenville market, WTRF (channel 7, formerly NBC) swaps network affiliations with WTOV-TV (channel 9, formerly CBS).
1982: Fame, adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, premieres on NBC
1991: Talk Soup debuts on E!
1992: Puppeteer Richard Hunt (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street) dies of AIDS in Closter, New Jersey, aged 40. His Muppet characters included Scooter, Janice, Beaker, Statler, and Sweetums.
2004: The Apprentice debuts on NBC.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
